Jacques Chazot
Jacques Chazot
Jacques Chazot, (b. 25 September 1928 in Locmiquélic (Morbihan), d. 12 July 1993 in Monthyon (Seine-et-Marne) was a French dancer and socialite.
Biography
He joins Opéra de Paris in 1947. In 1956, he joins Opéra-Comique. The same year, he writes Les Carnets de Marie-Chantal, thus creating a character who is the archetype of the snobbish socialite.[1]
He was a very close friend of Françoise Sagan and a companion of Coco Chanel.
He became famous through television, dancing in many television shows of the 1970s. He was at the time one of the very few people to appear on television and be openly gay.
He had a throat cancer and spent the final years of his life in castle of Monthyon, a property in the vicinity of Paris owned by Jean-Claude Brialy.
Bibliography
- Les carnets de Marie-Chantal, Van Moppès, 1956
- Sophie Ripaille, R. Julliard, 1960
- Pense-bêtes, R. Solar, 1964
- Chazot Jacques, Paris, Stock, 1975, 238 p.
- À nous deux les femmes, Olivier Orban, 1978
- La mémoire des autres, Mengès, 1982
- Marie-Chantal de gauche !, Mengès, 1983
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